A tool that generates street-level maps of areas with high flood risk promises to aid future disaster planning as climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events.
Street-Level Maps to Help Plan For Floods, Disasters
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New Limits on Water Use Spur Conservation Measures Among Farmers in California’s Central Valley
A 2014 California law intended to protect the state’s depleted aquifers is going into effect, requiring farms not to pump groundwater faster than it can be replenished.
Unprecedented Rise of Heat and Rainfall Extremes in Observational Data
A 90-fold increase in the frequency of monthly heat extremes in the past ten years compared to 1951-1980 has been found by scientists in observation data.
The Climate-Driven Mass Extinction No One Had Seen
Sixty-three percent. That’s the proportion of mammal species that vanished from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula around 30 million years ago, after Earth’s climate shifted from swampy to icy.
Something Fishy Going On? Recent Discovery Hints at Northward Shift in Fish Distribution
The recent discovery of a sleeper fish in Akita Prefecture, Japan, by researchers from the University of Tsukuba is a first for this area and the northernmost record for this species.
Feather Phenomenon: Radar Indicates Stronger Hurricanes Trap, Transport More Birds
Whether birds get caged in the eye of a hurricane may depend on the intensity and totality of the chaos beyond the calm, says a novel study from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Matthew Van Den Broeke.
